software fraud

  1. Florida Woman Sentenced for Trafficking Microsoft COA Labels and Activation Keys

    A federal jury and a U.S. district court have put a hard legal cap on a years‑long, low‑tech but high‑value operation that turned genuine Microsoft "Genuine" stickers into a multiyear, multimillion‑dollar resale business: Heidi Richards, 52, the operator of Trinity Software Distribution in...
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    • coa labels law enforcement microsoft licensing software fraud
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    • Forum: Windows News
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    Windows 7 Laptop with Windows COA suddenly says windows isn't genuine

    My mother-in-law gave us her laptop this year for Christmas. It's about a year old, an HP G60, and it worked fine for her before she gave it to us. Now, seemingly out of nowhere, we're getting messages that windows 7 isn't genuine and that we might be victims of software fraud. There is a COA...
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    • activation coa genuine hp g60 laptop software fraud troubleshooting updating validation windows 7
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    • Forum: Windows Help and Support